PRS McCarty Hollowbody Spruce Top
Overview
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- electric guitars
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Dates of manufacture:
1998
PRS introduced the McCarty Hollowbody Spruce model in 1998. This model is meant to evoke the warm, acoustic jazz tones and rich sustaining character of the thinline semi-hollow Gibson ES-335 Ted McCarty designed in 1958. The PRS McCarty Hollowbody has a solid spruce carved top, with a violin style sound post.
Optional extras included - flame or quilt maple 10 top, abalone bird inlays, piezo bridge transducer.
Finishes included: High gloss on maple top - black cherry, black sunburst, McCarty sunburst, McCarty tobacco sunburst, vintage sunburst, tobacco sunburst, natural, amber, violin amber, violin amber burst, dark cherry sunburst, emerald green, whale blue, teal black.
Satin finish on spruce top - Vintage natural
Specifications (16)
Body
| Body depth | 3 inches body |
| Body shape features | carved top |
| Body top material | spruce body top |
Hardware
| Bridge | PRS stoptail bridge |
Fretboard
| Fingerboard inlay material | abalone fingerboard inlay material, mother of pearl fingerboard inlay material |
| Fingerboard material | rosewood fingerboard |
| Fingerboard position markers | moon fingerboard position markers |
Neck
| Neck joint | set neck |
| Neck material | mahogany neck |
| Number of frets | 22 fret |
| Peghead (headstock) | veneer headstock |
General
| Number of strings | 6 strings |
Controls
| Pickup selector controls | 3-way selector switch |
| Tone controls | 1 tone control |
| Volume controls | 1 volume control |
Electronics
| Pickups brand and model | PRS McCarty pickup(s) |